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How popular is “Walden” in the USA?

Number of people named “Walden” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Walden” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Walden” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Walden” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Walden” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Walden” by birth year

This chart shows how “Walden” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1908 5 0.000010232 5 -100%
1912 6 0.000006072 6 -100%
1913 5 0.000004397 5 -100%
1914 12 0.000008473 12 -100%
1915 22 0.000012006 22 -100%
1916 20 0.000010339 20 -100%
1917 11 0.000005482 11 -100%
1918 14 0.000006448 14 -100%
1919 17 0.000008056 17 -100%
1920 20 0.000008839 20 -100%
1921 15 0.000006425 15 -100%
1922 22 0.000009611 22 -100%
1923 20 0.000008686 20 -100%
1924 22 0.000009237 22 -100%
1925 18 0.000007714 18 -100%
1926 25 0.000010889 25 -100%
1927 11 0.000004743 11 -100%
1928 10 0.000004423 10 -100%
1929 20 0.000009123 20 -100%
1930 20 0.000008996 20 -100%
1931 22 0.000010454 22 -100%
1932 12 0.000005684 12 -100%
1933 10 0.000005001 10 -100%
1934 8 0.000003852 8 -100%
1935 8 0.000003828 8 -100%
1936 13 0.000006257 13 -100%
1937 17 0.000007979 17 -100%
1938 14 0.000006327 14 -100%
1939 12 0.000005446 12 -100%
1940 10 0.000004343 10 -100%
1941 16 0.000006567 16 -100%
1942 12 0.000004393 12 -100%
1943 14 0.00000496 14 -100%
1944 13 0.000004833 13 -100%
1945 6 0.000002262 6 -100%
1946 7 0.000002191 7 -100%
1947 12 0.000003331 12 -100%
1948 15 0.000004345 15 -100%
1949 11 0.000003157 11 -100%
1950 10 0.000002854 10 -100%
1951 12 0.000003258 12 -100%
1952 10 0.000002633 10 -100%
1953 10 0.000002595 10 -100%
1954 18 0.000004522 18 -100%
1955 14 0.000003487 14 -100%
1956 21 0.000005093 21 -100%
1957 9 0.000002142 9 -100%
1959 9 0.000002165 9 -100%
1960 10 0.000002407 10 -100%
1961 8 0.000001931 8 -100%
1962 9 0.00000223 9 -100%
1963 8 0.000002021 8 -100%
1964 9 0.000002315 9 -100%
1965 5 0.000001379 5 -100%
1966 7 0.000002014 7 -100%
1967 5 0.000001473 5 -100%
1968 10 0.00000296 10 -100%
1969 6 0.000001726 6 -100%
1970 8 0.000002218 8 -100%
1971 10 0.000002913 10 -100%
1972 9 0.000002864 9 -100%
1973 8 0.000002652 8 -100%
1977 7 0.000002204 7 -100%
1978 7 0.000002206 7 -100%
1979 7 0.000002104 7 -100%
1980 6 0.000001742 6 -100%
1981 5 0.000001445 5 -100%
1984 6 0.00000172 6 -100%
1986 6 0.000001687 6 -100%
1987 5 0.000001387 5 -100%
1988 7 0.000001894 7 -100%
1989 7 0.000001821 7 -100%
1995 5 0.000001365 5 -100%
1996 7 0.000001919 7 -100%
1999 6 0.000001624 6 -100%
2000 7 0.000001852 7 -100%
2001 6 0.000001603 6 -100%
2002 5 0.000001338 5 -100%
2003 8 0.000002104 8 -100%
2004 5 0.000001309 5 -100%
2005 8 0.000002081 8 -100%
2006 9 0.000002275 9 -100%
2007 12 0.000003002 12 -100%
2008 16 0.000004071 16 -100%
2009 7 0.000001832 7 -100%
2010 18 0.00000487 18 -100%
2011 18 0.000004921 18 -100%
2012 21 0.000005742 21 -100%
2013 39 0.000010698 39 -100%
2014 28 0.000007555 28 -100%
2015 39 0.000010538 39 -100%
2016 40 0.000010903 40 -100%
2017 46 0.000012863 46 -100%
2018 54 0.000015359 54 -100%
2019 47 0.000013541 47 -100%
2020 44 0.000013171 44 -100%
2021 31 0.00000915 31 -100%
2022 36 0.000010641 36 -100%
2023 55 0.00001661 55 -100%
2024 38 0.000011417 38 -100%

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